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Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879 to Edwin M. Stanton

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00782.04 Author/Creator: Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879 Place Written: Lookout Valley, Tennessee Type: Letter signed Date: December 4, 1863 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Recommends that Brigadier General John W. Geary be promoted for his service in the Battle of Wauhatchie. Endorsement on the verso signed by generals Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph Hooker, George H. Thomas, and James A. Hardie support the request. Thomas's endorsement dated 5 December 1863, Grant's endorsement dated 4 December 1863.

Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885
Thomas, George Henry, 1816-1870
Hardie, James Allen, 1823-1876
Geary, John White, 1819-1873

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